From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 00:22:21 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Shell Command Guessing): Explain *. X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~9094 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8968986e578867885dfb3de8d8ca40589d9c893e;p=emacs.git (Shell Command Guessing): Explain *. --- diff --git a/man/dired-x.texi b/man/dired-x.texi index a1172019544..b99f01e959e 100644 --- a/man/dired-x.texi +++ b/man/dired-x.texi @@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ where each @var{command} can either be a string or a lisp expression that evaluates to a string. If several commands are given, all of them will temporarily be pushed onto the history. +If @samp{*} in the shell command, that means to substitute the file +name. + You can set this variable in your @file{~/.emacs}. For example, to add rules for @samp{.foo} and @samp{.bar} file extensions, write